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CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. Data Description
There are twenty six students as the sample of this research, they have translated the Indonesian sentences provided as the Source Language SL into
English as the Target Language TL. The columns show the number of sentence symbolized by S and the rows show the number of errors problem
1 – problem 11 on patterns. The table can be seen on the next page.
B. Data Analysis
Based on the data in appendices, the writer finds out the problems caused by verbal conjugation and tense. The students are not aware of how to
use verbal conjugation correctly. The writer sees that there are so many mistakes that the students have made in translating verbal conjugation. Here is
the brief explanation of the causes of errors with their examples that the students made in translating verbal conjugation.
a. Present tense
From twenty six students, the writer finds out that there are twenty two students who translated sentence 1 incorrectly and six students
translated sentence 2 incorrectly. Here are the examples: a.1. Budi always go to school.
a.2. Budi always going to school. a.3. I am eat rice everyday.
a.4. I ate rice everyday. a.5. I am eating rice everyday.
The sentences above are the examples of errors on present tense and all errors made by the students on this problem are caused by Mother-
Tongue interference because Indonesian does not have different forms of verbs. That’s why, the students often used any forms of verbs after the
subject.
b. After modals
From twenty six students, the writer finds out that there are seventeen students who translated sentence 3 incorrectly, seventeen
students translated sentence 4 incorrectly, seven students translated sentence 5 incorrectly and six students translated sentence 6 incorrectly.
Here are the examples: b.1. Rico must wearing a uniform.
b.2. My mother can driving a car. The sentences above are the examples of errors on verb after modals
and all errors made by the students on this problem are caused by overgeneralization because the students think that every verbs after
modals are V-ing. In fact, all verbs that come after modals must be followed by V1 simple form.
c. To infinitive
From twenty six students, the writer finds out that there are two students who translated sentence 7 incorrectly and four students translated
sentence 8 incorrectly. Here are the examples: c.1. We work to getting money.
c.2. Rika buys a book to reading. The sentences above are the examples of errors on to infinitive and
all errors made by the students on this problem are caused by overgeneralization because the students think that every verbs after TO is
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